Lesson Y8-U06-L01

What Are Resources, and Why Do They Matter? Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 12

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U06-L01, What Are Resources, and Why Do They Matter?: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 12: Year 8: Resources: Feeding and Powering the World, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the geographical definition of a natural resource?

    • Recycled household waste
    • Anything from nature used
    • Man-made factory goods
    • Only underground minerals

  2. What defines a renewable energy resource?

    • Runs out completely
    • Replaced by nature
    • Takes millions years
    • Found underground

  3. What defines a non-renewable resource?

    • Infinite supply
    • Replenished daily
    • Grown on farms
    • Replaced far too slowly

  4. Which of these is a key example of a natural system?

    • A coal mine
    • The water cycle
    • A car engine
    • A shopping mall

  5. Which of these is non-renewable?

    • Sunlight
    • Coal
    • Wind
    • Flowing river water

  6. Which of these is renewable?

    • Natural gas
    • Coal
    • Crude oil
    • Wind power

  7. Is natural gas renewable or non-renewable?

    • Non-renewable
    • Fully renewable
    • Biologically grown
    • Infinite

  8. Why is wood classed as a renewable resource?

    • Found in rocks
    • It never burns
    • It is a fossil fuel
    • Trees regrow quickly

  9. Which three resources are most essential for human survival and economies?

    • Food, water and energy
    • Coal, gas and timber
    • Cars, phones and clothing
    • Gold, oil and steel

  10. How does energy link directly to food production?

    • Powers farming and transport
    • Creates water rain
    • Keeps soil fertile
    • Adds chemical flavour

  11. What is a primary role of water as a global resource?

    • Produces steel beams
    • Generates solid plastic
    • Grows crops and sustains
    • Replaces crude oil

  12. A factory stops because its energy supply runs out. Which resource problem has happened?

    • A water surplus
    • An energy shortage
    • A food surplus
    • A renewable energy boom

  13. Solar power is available daily, but burnt petrol is gone forever. What does this demonstrate?

    • Renewable versus non-renewable
    • Urban versus rural
    • Developed versus developing
    • Primary versus tertiary

  14. Which grouping correctly sorts energy resources?

    • Renewable: wind; non-renewable: coal
    • Renewable: coal; non-renewable: hydro
    • Renewable: gas; non-renewable: wind
    • Renewable: oil; non-renewable: solar

  15. Why do fossil fuels count strictly as non-renewable resources?

    • Created by recycling
    • Formed over millions years
    • Replaced every week
    • Grown in greenhouses

  16. Which major fossil fuel resource lies under the North Sea in the UK?

    • Shale and slate
    • Gold and copper
    • Oil and gas
    • Coal and iron

  17. Why do windy coasts and uplands suit wind power generation?

    • Water turns blades
    • Steam drives turbines
    • Sun heats panels
    • Turbines need wind

  18. Why is the UK shifting from North Sea gas to renewable wind?

    • Gas will run out
    • Wind is man-made
    • Gas is a renewable crop
    • Wind is much hotter

  19. Which term describes a resource that nature replaces faster than we consume it?

    • Recycled resource
    • Abiotic resource
    • Finite resource
    • Renewable resource

  20. What defines a renewable resource compared to a non-renewable one?

    • Extraction difficulty
    • Financial market value
    • Total global stock
    • Natural replacement rate

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